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+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package types2
+
+// A Chan represents a channel type.
+type Chan struct {
+	dir  ChanDir
+	elem Type
+}
+
+// A ChanDir value indicates a channel direction.
+type ChanDir int
+
+// The direction of a channel is indicated by one of these constants.
+const (
+	SendRecv ChanDir = iota
+	SendOnly
+	RecvOnly
+)
+
+// NewChan returns a new channel type for the given direction and element type.
+func NewChan(dir ChanDir, elem Type) *Chan {
+	return &Chan{dir: dir, elem: elem}
+}
+
+// Dir returns the direction of channel c.
+func (c *Chan) Dir() ChanDir { return c.dir }
+
+// Elem returns the element type of channel c.
+func (c *Chan) Elem() Type { return c.elem }
+
+func (c *Chan) Underlying() Type { return c }
+func (c *Chan) String() string   { return TypeString(c, nil) }